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I'm forced to order a beer and a shot of bourbon now. The Texas brother swapped over to Catholic.

Y'all quit!

I love my 44 Specials.

Start with what you can afford. Never a champ, but began with Ruger OMV, amped them up , sold them and ended up with Colts. A matter of enjoyment, and saving up a bit. Practice and skill is more important than brand.

On my Windows 10 laptop, I right-click the link, then select Open Link in New Tab. That does not open another tab, but downloads the file. I go to my downloads folder and from there both the Photo viewer and Paint will open the image.

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An RCBS press will do fine - just slow. Regarding dies, RCBS makes dies specifically for cowboy action. However, I started with a used set of Lee dies I bought for $10. They loaded perfectly satisfactory CAS ammo. I now load on progressive presses. Reloading equipment is very durable. Used equipment is sold at gun shows and estate sales. There are videos on YouTube how to create small, portable loading benches. Here is an article how to create one using a Black and Decker WorkMate.

People who shoot only Black Powder loads use that term. Okay, reloading costs about 1/4 compared to factory loads. 38 special is the most cost effective way to shoot this game. Don't worry about super light loads at this stage. Get used to the game first and as you improve, you will then be able to go all out like the top shooters do. RNFP means round nose flat point, you want a flat point for safety of loading in our leverguns, where the nose of the bullet rides against the base of the next cartridge.

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@Dusty Morningwoodand @Texas Maverick, thank you for the idea. Fortunately I have my eye on another rifle. @El Catorce needs it for long range since he has a spare gall bladder. La Sombra

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The Holy Black is a term for Black Powder. O.O. is being sort of an elitist plenty of time for BP later (it's worth the wait). My suggestion: to start with, order loaded .38's from Bullets by Scarlet. You have to pay shipping, but the cost per round will likely be less because store ammo is expensive, plus it will be loaded for CAS. Save the brass. If you are using a side by side shotgun, in general avoid ribbed hulls and hulls with a base that is silver. Those tend to stick in the chambers and don't shuck well. If you can find the Winchester AA LNLR by all means get them. They say Low Recoil Low Noise on the box but also look for 980fps. If you can't find those, AA's that are 1 oz at 1180 fps are about the next lightest load. 1 1/8 oz at 1145fps kick harder. You can get those loads in the Winchester white box but those will have the silver base. If you are shooting a '97 then it will eject most anything. Regarding your dies question, almost any dies will make decent CAS .38's. I've used nothing but inexpensive Lee for years along with their Factory Crimp Die, and no complaints. Welcome aboard and have fun!

You might consider belling the case a little less, your cases will last longer. You only need enough flare, in the shortest case, so that you don't shave any lead off the bullet when it is seated. Congrats on finding the problem.

That wouldn't necessarily be a problem. Structure the door frame to carry the load. For a simple two car garage, 2X4s would probably do it. 2X6s at the most.

Man, there are a bunch of great folks from Tennessee. Hook up with some of them and if you can make the Tennessee State Championship you will be overwhelmed by that crew. Especially if you could make the Swap Meet there, you could definitely get to handle a bunch of guns of all flavors.

Your email address is hidden from the outside world by default. If you add it again to your public profile, you are opening yourself up to scammers. Stop it!

She’s a beaut Clark!

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The holy black?

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Where are you from? We will have members and clubs nearby.

List of moulds and price + shipping cost. 575213 - $70 575494 - $70 575602 - $70 445599 - $60 445 RB - $60 454 RB Double Cavity - $70 345 RB - $60 380 RB - $60 451 RB - $60

That's a pretty tight budget. Uberti Cattleman Hombre's can be had new in the mid-$400 range. I've seen them for as little as $430 on Gunbroker... plus $20 shipping... plus GB's 1% "compliance fee"... plus your dealer's transfer fee... so unless you find them locally, it's still likely to top $500 each. New Vaqueros will be 60% more than that even. Blackhawks will usually be less, and I've seen a few used ones in very good condition go for $415 - $450 lately, but that's the exception - plus shipping, compliance fee, and transfer fee.

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